I'm sure critics have their purpose, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what he did.

I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.

Simplicity is a most complex form

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.

My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?

What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?